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Triton XXV 11-12 Jan 2022
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DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Medallion (35mm, 29.99 g, 1h). Dated CY 243 (AD 179/80). ΑVΤ Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΠΟΜΠΗΙЄωΝ ΓΑΔΑΡЄωΝ ЄΤ ΓΜϹ (date), galley with rowers and helmsman left. Meshorer City-Coins, 219 (this coin, the reverse illustrated); Spijkerman 66; RPC IV.3 Online 6689; G. Le Rider, "Monnaies grecques acquises par le Cabinet des Médailles en 1959" in RN 1959, 26. Green patina, minor roughness. VF. Extremely rare, only four specimens known to RPC. The finest known example.
From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.
RPC only illustrates one example of the type and lists the obverse legend as "ΑVΤ Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜ[ΜΟΔΟΝ?]" indicating the reading of the legend is uncertain. The legend on this superb specimen is certain and leaves no doubt as to the reading of the ending of the ethnic.
From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.
RPC only illustrates one example of the type and lists the obverse legend as "ΑVΤ Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜ[ΜΟΔΟΝ?]" indicating the reading of the legend is uncertain. The legend on this superb specimen is certain and leaves no doubt as to the reading of the ending of the ethnic.